The latest published map of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the original scope, has included the entire Menggu, Xianbelia (east of the Yenisey River), Western Regions (Yilibali), Myanmar, and Nanyang Islands (Philippine Islands and East Indies) ), Australia and other places are all included.
One-third of North America is considered Zhang Xianzhong's territory, and it has not been directly included in the Ming Dynasty for the time being. Even so, it has set a historical record for land area since the founding of the dynasty.
In this way, the prototype of the super Ming Empire is already in place.
It reaches the North Pole in the north, Tasmania in the south, and the Commander Islands east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east. Only the western boundary has not yet been determined.
A certain new emperor's goal is the line from the Ural Mountains to the Aral Sea. At the very least, he wants to take the production area of the bloody BMW as his own.
According to the reports of Zhou Yuji and Sun Chuanting who went to the Western Regions, the long-awaited fight between Shunji and Li Zicheng did not happen.
Shunji takes the "northern route" of Jinshan, Brento Sea and Balkhash Lake.
The two rebels, Li Zicheng and Chai Shihua, who arrived in the Western Regions first, arrived at Bosten Lake via Turpan. Later, they were chased by the Ming Dynasty king's army and ran to Lake Issyk-Kul, thousands of miles away.
A certain new emperor never interfered with the command of generals who led their own troops outside, but he could give them small tips.
The Western Region is different from the Northeast or Guannei. It is a place with extreme water shortage. The rebels will definitely flee along the river.
Possible destinations would also be rivers or lakes further west, otherwise the men and horses would die of thirst before they could run very far.
Moreover, both the rebels and the braids were running away with their families and their families, and their marching speed was definitely not as fast as that of the Ming army, so it was relatively easy to pursue them.
If the opponent doesn't plan to run away, it would be better if they stay where they are and fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty's army with airships and tanks. Just destroy them all.
At present, the railway has been built from Hamiwei to Turpan, but instead of continuing to the west, it first turned to the southwest and was built directly in the direction of Bosten Lake.
Then it turned to the northwest and was laid in the direction of Yilibali City, and then turned to the north and laid to the east bank of Lake Balkhash.
In this way, the water sources needed for the garrisons and trains along the way can be guaranteed.
Once the Western Region Railway Line is completed, it means that the Ming Dynasty can control half of Yilibali.
It is impossible for the local indigenous people to defeat the Ming Dynasty King's Division along the railway line, and it will be much easier to clean up the remaining half of Yilibali.
Just like the strategy used to deal with the grassland natives, coercion plus inducements, no one can withstand military threats and cheap barter.
Once the entire railway line is opened to traffic, Ming Dynasty’s local specialties will be transported to the Western Regions in large quantities.
By then develop the Chiefs into dealers and the rest will fall into place...
The plan of a certain new emperor is to build the Western Region Railway from Lake Balkhash to the Caspian Sea via the Aral Sea, and use this railway to directly penetrate Central Asia.
The Xianbelia Railway was built from the north of Menggu to the Ural Mountains. If something happened, the Ming army would set out from Beidu and reach the Ural Mountains within twenty days.
By next autumn, the railway across the grassland will be completed and open to traffic, which means one-third of the line has been completed.
According to estimates from the Ministry of Industry, it will take more than fifteen years to complete the entire Xianbelia Railway.
This is without Rakshasa attacks, otherwise the construction period will be extended to more than twenty years...
One of the reasons why a certain new emperor was so persistent in building this railway was that two hundred miles east of the Ural Mountains was the famous Tyumen Oilfield in later generations!
First, this railway can be used to control Xianbelia and suppress Tsarist Russia's eastward expansion.
Secondly, it can also continuously transport oil from the Tyumen Oilfield to the pass and promote the development of Daming industry.
After comprehensive consideration, a certain new emperor believed that this railway with strategic significance and economic value should definitely be built.
The Ming Dynasty King's Division strives to regain the entire Xianbelia within fifty years.
The area of this land is larger than that of the pass, and it is currently facing harassment from endless Cossacks.
On the one hand, a certain new emperor ordered veteran general Yang Zhan to command 100,000 Ming troops to launch a western expedition from the territory of the northern vassal state, and on the other hand, he ordered the Khalkha and Menggu tribes to send troops northward.
While cooperating with the road construction army, they took advantage of the mobility and flexibility of the Menggu cavalry to continuously attack the Cossack cavalry heading south.
If you capture or kill a Rakshasa, you will be rewarded with fifty silver coins.
For the grassland natives, this is quite a temptation.
A certain new emperor knew very well that the number of Rakshasa people participating in the conquest of the East would not exceed ten thousand.
This means that the silver coins I will take out will not exceed 500,000. Since the total cost is controllable, I can pretend to be generous...
The scale of the troops sent by Khalkha Menggu will not be less than 30,000, and the number of Rakshasa people to be dealt with will not exceed 3,000, maybe only one or two thousand.
The most important thing is that except for some objects that prove the identity of the enemy, the rest of the loot belongs to each tribe.
It was tantamount to repeating the robbery of the pass, except that the targets were changed to Rakshasa people.
In order to win over these newly attached Mobei natives, a certain new emperor also ordered these losers to be simply armed.
Each tribe received a cache of mortars and grenades, and the chief also received a small cache of revolvers to equip the guards.
After changing their equipment, the Menggu cavalry were no longer afraid of the Rakshasa's flintlock guns.
If you are far away, you can directly use mortars. If you are close, you can just charge with your horse.
Even breastplates and helmets, a certain new emperor sold a large number of them. After all, he was cooperating with the Ming army in fighting, and he couldn't let the losers get too shabby.
We are not afraid of their rebellion, because more than 70% of the power of the Menggu cavalry is embodied in their horses.
Without the horse, they became dehydrated fish, and they were not far away from dying.
With the advent of steam tanks, the advantage of the Menggu cavalry over the Ming Dynasty's division no longer existed.
If you want to survive, you must obediently follow the Ming Dynasty King's army to fight.
With ulterior motives, he might even attack in reverse, but the result would be that even people and horses become barbecued meat!
After seeing the equipment and exercises of the Ming army entering the grassland, those guys who had only modest intentions became honest.
Even a fool can see that the strength gap between the two sides is too huge, and there is no suspense about the outcome.
The Ming Emperor promised that he would not move his pasture and could barter at a fair price. If he did not cooperate, he would be seeking death.
Especially after Shunji ran away with the Qing army, the bargaining capital of the Khalkha ministries was gone.
After realizing that the situation was not good, he finally had no choice but to surrender to the Ming Dynasty like Monan Menggu.
When Shunji fled, he also swept away part of the Khalkha tribe. In comparison, the remaining people felt that they had taken a big advantage and did not need to follow that guy to the Western Regions.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty also promised that all injured people would be transported by train to the hospital in "Hulan Hu hypothermia" (Ulaanbaatar) for treatment, eliminating everyone's worries.
The chiefs of each tribe also understood that if the Rakshasa people marched further south, they would enter their own pastures, which was something they absolutely could not accept.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't even take away his own pasture, but the evil Rakshasa ghosts were interested in it. So what's the use of keeping it if you don't beat them?
If we use more troops to attack fewer troops and use ten times the strength advantage to deal with the Rakshasa people, wouldn't we be able to win repeated battles?
Stimulated by multiple factors, the prairie chiefs were relatively active in moving northward.
Judging from the content of the report of Wanli, who directed the attack of the troops, it is roughly like this.
Because it was far away from the pass, Wanli's headquarters only had 10,000 Ming Army cavalry and 10,000 Ming Army infantry, including 500 tanks.
A certain new emperor believed that 20,000 men were more than enough to deal with several thousand Cossacks, let alone 30,000 Mengo cavalry to cooperate with them.
The role of the cavalry is to chase and destroy the opponent, while the infantry, under the cover of tanks, can hold on to strongholds and ensure the safety of the road-building army.
After ending the war in the Northeast, a certain new emperor opened up two more battlefields.
Xianbelia is a relatively large secondary battlefield, mainly because there are too few enemies, so the results cannot be too fruitful.
The Western Region is the main battlefield. Two enemy heavy groups have gathered here and must be dealt with carefully.
Zhou Yuji's 200,000 men were used to deal with Shunji's braided army, while Sun Chuanting's 100,000 men were responsible for dealing with Li Chai's rebels.
The enemy troops in the former group were no less than 300,000, while the latter only had 20,000 or 30,000 troops. However, they were too cunning and would escape if they were not careful.
However, judging from Zhou Yuji's return, Shunji didn't seem to want to fight the Ming army, and chose to run away before Zhou Yuji's men could catch up.
The initial destination of the braids was Jinshan (Altai Mountains), but it didn’t take long to reach the west of Lake Balkhash...
This kind of running speed really impressed a certain new emperor!
Zhou Yuji's guess was that the opponent might be intimidated by the extraordinary combat power of the Ming Dynasty King's division and did not dare to face the enemy head-on.
It may also be that the terrain is not good, making it inconvenient for an ambush.
It’s also possible that someone in the team is sick and can’t fight for a long time.
In short, Shunji's braided army did not fight a single battle when facing the Ming army, and only focused on running away.
This was the first time that a certain new emperor had seen such a clean escape.
Running so smoothly is worthy of the name Shunji.
Now that the northern area of Yilibali has fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yuji's task is to pursue the braided army.
Digesting this place is a matter for a certain new emperor, given the characteristics of the area.
A certain new emperor decided to transfer 500,000 people from Shaanxi to station in the early stage to gradually digest this newly acquired territory.
Adults are entitled to fifty acres for men, thirty acres for women, and ten acres each for the elderly and children.
For those who have no wives or concubines, as long as they are willing to settle in the Western Regions, the captured local indigenous women can be betrothed to you.
Livestock are readily available, so land, women, and livestock are all available, which can be regarded as a one-step enjoyment.
Thanks to the Weishui River, the land in southern Shaanxi is relatively fertile. The Hanzhong area deserves to be fine, but other places are not satisfactory.
Northern Shaanxi mainly relies on oil fields and coal mines. Only a few people can become rich, and most of them can only make ends meet.
The local population is a time bomb for the court. Just because everything is fine now does not mean that it will be fine in the future.
A certain new emperor wants to significantly reduce the population of Shaanxi, preferably within 10 million.
The rest can go to settle in the Western Regions. Anyway, there is a railway and it is very convenient to go there.
Since the climate in the northern part of the Western Region is not much different from that in northern Shaanxi, land is still readily available.
The conditions for moving Min are fully met, especially the newly controlled land that can produce the maximum surplus value.
In the future, those who are unwilling to go to the Northeast or Southeast Asia to open up wasteland can go to settle in the Western Regions.
The minimum standards are one woman, one livestock (cow or horse), fifty acres of land, and a house or yurt.
In addition, the imperial court provided a one-time subsidy of ten taels of silver plus a set of daily necessities, and a five-stone rice subsidy each year for the first three years.
In large settlements, a certain new emperor would send people to build schools, shops, hospitals, post offices and other facilities.
Strive to be complete, meet basic living needs, and be able to radiate to smaller surrounding settlements.
The most important thing is that anyone who settles in the Western Regions will not have to pay taxes at all for the first ten years and will not have to pay any taxes.
This means that not only does the court not make money, but it also spends a lot of money on the side.
Originally, many ministers were opposed to this bottomless pit plan, but when they heard that there were giant oil fields in the western part of the Junggar Basin, the opposition disappeared without a trace...
The giant oil field revealed by a certain new emperor is Karamay, with reserves ten times that of the northern Shaanxi oil field.
Apart from the long distance and difficulty in mining, there are no other disadvantages.
Currently, there are only two oil fields in Guanzhong, namely Yanchang and Qingyang. The reserves of Sichuan oil fields are too small and they can barely meet the needs of the province.
There is no oil production in the eight corners under the jurisdiction of Nanting. Every year, iron ore from Ma'anshan must be exchanged for oil from Beiting.
As for the Northeast, only the Liaohe Oilfield still has the possibility of being exploited.
The giant oil field located in the swamp to the west of Laluwei is buried as deep as two thousand meters.
This means it will be cool for fifty years...
Yulin itself is a giant coal farm, and coal prices are almost as high as the market price.
The train loads the coal from here and arrives at the Xiyu Oilfield. The cost is not worth mentioning.
The only drawback is that Karamay is not within the planned route of the Western Region Northern Railway, and a branch line needs to be opened for the oil field.
However, for the sake of safety in the early stage, the Ministry of Industry will still send an exploration team to cooperate with senior engineers from the Academy of Sciences to see if the local area has the conditions for mining.
The main thing is to find shallow oil blocks to develop. If they can't find them, oil workers can only do nothing even if they sit in the oil fields...
Anyone who goes to work in the Western Regions, whether they are officials in the Ministry of Industry or craftsmen in the Academy of Sciences, will have a minimum annual salary of fifty taels, which can basically guarantee an enviable income in one year.
Once there, food, housing and clothing are all provided, and the monthly salary is a net profit. Since it is close to the ranch, the food is naturally very good.
A certain new emperor also ordered that everyone in the local area must eat half a catty of meat every day, and those who enriched their own pockets would be severely punished.
In a certain new emperor's plan, the garrison, the minions, and the workers were the three chess pieces that stabilized the Western Region.
If all three sons fall, you will naturally get the best results.
On the contrary, the southern part of the Western Region is more difficult to control than the northern part due to drought and water shortage.
But when the Western Region Railway is completed, it will be equivalent to using the railway to include the southern region.
By then, it will be useless for the local indigenous people to jump up and down, and the Tarim Basin will be filled with sand.
The space that allows them to move is only about a thousand miles long and wide to the west of the Tarim Basin.
The best part of the Western Region is the north, and you can enter the grasslands and the pass to the east.
You can reach southern Xianbelia to the north, and you can enter Central Asia to the west.
To a certain new emperor, the southern part of the Western Region was useless.
After eating the chicken legs in the north, it doesn’t matter whether you eat the chicken ribs or not...
